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sere


  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sear  \Sear\,  Sere  \Sere\  (s[=e]r),  a. 
  [OE.  seer,  AS  se['a]r  (assumed)  fr  se['a]rian  to  wither; 
  akin  to  D.  zoor  dry,  LG  soor,  OHG.  sor[=e]n  to  to  wither, 
  Gr  a"y`ein  to  parch,  to  dry,  Skr.  [,c]ush  (for  sush)  to  dry, 
  to  wither,  Zend  hush  to  dry.  [root]152.  Cf  {Austere}, 
  {Sorrel},  a.]  Dry;  withered;  no  longer  green;  --  applied  to 
  leaves.  --Milton. 
 
  I  have  lived  long  enough;  my  way  of  life  Is  fall'n  into 
  the  sear,  the  yellow  leaf.  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sere  \Sere\,  a. 
  Dry;  withered.  Same  as  {Sear}. 
 
  But  with  its  sound  it  shook  the  sails  That  were  so  thin 
  and  sere.  --Coleridge. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sere  \Sere\,  n.  [F.  serre.] 
  Claw;  talon.  [Obs.]  --Chapman. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sere 
  adj  :  (used  especially  of  vegetation)  having  lost  all  moisture; 
  "dried-up  grass";  "the  desert  was  edged  with  sere 
  vegetation";  "shriveled  leaves  on  the  unwatered 
  seedlings";  "withered  vines"  [syn:  {dried-up},  {sear}, 
  {shriveled},  {shrivelled},  {withered}] 




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